We want to thank our partners and Bay City Church for helping us put together this preliminary list. If you are finding ways to love and serve our city, we’d love to hear about them! Email us at info@christchurchsf.org.
Mother Brown's, located in the Bayview, is a drop-in center, a dining room, and a resource center for those experiencing homelessness. They offer daily shower and laundry facilities, two respite rooms, and breakfast and dinner daily. They are in need of additional volunteers (weekdays and weekends) to receive and assist clients due to heightened health and safety precautions taken for Covid19. If you can help, call their front office at (415) 671-1100 or call / text Gwendolyn Westbrook at (415) 573-6998.
Follow this link for more information about Mother Brown's
Because Justice Matters builds pathways to brighter futures for women and girls in urban communities. They are pivoting their programs in light of the coronavirus outbreak and have established a BJM Benevolence Fund to offer immediate, emergency relief--such as food, utilities, and medical bills--to women in need in our community. You can donate online: becausejusticematters.org
Mobilize Love is San Francisco’s first and only non-profit that serves the hungry and underprivileged in San Francisco.
Here are two ways to support them:
Giving and Tithes. Please consider partnering with Mobilize Love’s Coronavirus Response Fund so that families do not go hungry. Just $3 will provide a free hot meal. $40 provides 100 to go meals, $390 deploys our food truck to feed 130 people, & $1,450 covers the food expenses for one month (parking, gas, propane, equipment, food storage). You can learn more here: https://www.mobilizelove.org/coronavirus
Volunteer and Serve. They will be organizing emergency food distributions around the city, throughout the coming weeks. If you would like to support their outreach events, you can sign up here: https://www.mobilizelove.org/get-involved
Old Skool Cafe is a youth-run, jazz-themed supper club headquartered in Bayview/Hunter’s Point which serves youth as a vocational training ground, employment incubator, and supportive cohort. Because of the closures, they are unable to maintain current operations and have immediate needs in order to continue to support the community. You can purchase a gift card or donate through their website: oldskoolcafe.org
Outer Circle Through this crisis, our unhoused neighbors have become even more vulnerable. John Stiefel, who is on staff with Outer Circle, shared that his "hope and prayer is that this unveiling helps both SF’s housed residents and city leaders shift their perspective on the homeless crisis in general, i.e. realizing that our unhoused neighbors who are extremely vulnerable during COVID-19 are still extremely vulnerable even after these times of Coronavirus end." Support John through a one-time or recurring donation.
The CERV (COVID-19 Emergency Response Volunteer) Program was created in partnership between the City and County of San Francisco and the Shanti Project. CERV volunteers provide one-time or occasional support to older and vulnerable adults who are self-isolating. You can register through their website: sf.gov/be-emergency-volunteer
Little Brothers-Friends of the Elderly SF is committed to relieving isolation and loneliness among the elderly. Through this non-profit, you can make calls to senior citizens without family during this time of social distancing and isolation. They also accept donations of supplies or funds in order to provide kits with essential needs to the elderly. Check out their website to learn more: littlebrotherssf.org
SF-Marin Food Bank Roosevelt Middle is one of the locations hosting the SF-Marin Food Bank pop-up pantries that happen throughout the city. Sign up to volunteer.